i watched part of ‘Mary and Max’ on digital cable and instantly fell in love with it. i’ll sure be picking this up soon.

‘Up’ is most definitely my favorite Pixar film alongside ‘Toy Story’ and ‘The Incredibles’. the first 15 minutes destroyed me!

‘A Serious Man’ may be the Coens’ best-looking film next to ‘Miller’s Crossing’, and probably their most deeply-investigative journey into a focussed society, but i can’t say i responded real well to it after it was all said and done. it was simply a good time for me, but not much more.

‘Fish Tank’ was one of 2009′s most pleasant surprises. anything by far with Michael Fassbender (aside from ’300′) has impressed me greatly.

“Antichrist” and “Thirst” are indeed both icky, outrageous films.

“Fish Tank” director Andrea Arnold has just been hired to direct a movie adaptation of Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights”. Promising. “Fish Tank” is a must see for indie filmmakers who feel their stories are trapped in limited budgets.
It is also, not nearly the sentimental films that are “Precious” or “Juno”… I understand how you see it as defining from that perspective.

The Coen Bros. never have a character in their films that are just there. Everyone plays their part, no character is simply a walk on. They enter as personalities, even though the Coen Bros. tend to include types we recognize as common cliche caricatures, the writers flesh them out. They are master orchestrators and conductors.

Hmm… I haven’t seen “Mary and Max”…

Solid list man!